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Location: Northwest Arkansas | I bought a 12-string for my solo gig. Give me some "great" tunes that work well for 12-string. Hotel CA, Tom Petty are the ones that pop out so far.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Supertramp had quite a few good 12 string tunes.
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Wish you were here (Pink Floyd) works well with a 12 string - although I don't think Pink Floyd used a 12 string. |
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Location: closely held secret | Yes, Gilmour used a 12 string on the original recording. For the '77 tour (I was there) Gilmour played a Strat, and Snowy White played a 12 string... And it was an Ovation!
Good 12 string songs that come to mind...
As The Raven Flies - Fogelberg
Part Of The Plan - Fogelberg
Sister Moonshine - Supertramp
Most America songs |
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Location: Auckland, New Zealand | Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi sounds good on a 12 string. A stripped back version of Springsteen's Born to Run sounds pretty good too. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | "Give A Little Bit" - Supertramp or.. "Top 30 12 string guitar songs of all time" or... "Favourite 12 string guitar songs" |
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Location: Flahdaw |
Depends on if you don't mind a little "interpretation". For older, classic songs, these are nice for 12ers....
Sweet Melissa
Desperado
Raining On Sunday
Ventura Highway
Tequila Sunrise
The Reach |
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Location: Texas | If you do Sweet Melissa, I think Dave gets royalties from it... |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Nice song on a 12er
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | Forgot Love Hurts.
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Location: Northwest Arkansas | I appreciate it. I had a 12 about 25 years ago and it was a POS. Kinda scared me off them. I like the Takamine. Seems I gravitate to KMC. I've had 6 Takamine's. Mine are Kaman. Old school. If you think of any more post 'em. I ain't got nothin' better to do. |
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| try that Edmund Fitzgerald...
could raise a few goosebumps...
what would you use as a lead-in song to bring your audience down and receptive to the haunting story being told?
Carl |
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Location: Michigan | horse with no name ---- america
and you and i ----------- yes
from the beginning------emerson/lake/palmer
still you turn me on------greg lake
GWB |
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Location: Northwest Arkansas | carlinla - 2012-11-03 9:22 AM
try that Edmund Fitzgerald...
could raise a few goosebumps...
what would you use as a lead-in song to bring your audience down and receptive to the haunting story being told?
Carl
I usually do something faster before I do something like "TWOTEF". "I Got A Name" by Jim Croce would probably be what I would play if I already had the 12 on. If not "Black Water" by the Doobie Bros. |
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Location: Northwest Arkansas | In case you're wondering. The crowd generally helps me out on "Black Water" during the round. |
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Location: cincinnati, ohio | I get more requests for Lightfoot's "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" than any other song I play. "Sundown" is in the top ten.
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Location: Northwest Arkansas | Thanks Rick.
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Location: Jet City | Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
The World I Know
Needle and the Damage Done
I Am A Child
Nutshell
Interstate Love Song |
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12-string songs for my solo gig.